Grandpa’s
 
Grand Prize, Walt Bacon
2nd, Tony Lagna
3rd, Dan Strickwerda
  

Scarecrow Decorating Contest

Individuals:


1st Prize - Mrs. Cash

2nd Prize - Pete & Virginia Yracheta

Business:


Best overall/Anything goes:

Mid-State Bank & Trust Oak Park office



Best Harvest Festival Theme:

1st Prize: AG Fire Department

2nd Prize: Tanner Jack’s

3rd Prize: Coast National Bank



Most original:

Mid-State Bank & Trust Grover Beach office



Best Showcase:

1st Prize: 5 Cities Swim Club

2nd Prize: Ruda Chiropractic



Funniest:

1st Prize: Girls Restaurant

2nd Prize: Dave Fletcher Financial



Most Glamorous:

Act II Boutique

Pumpkin Contest

Arroyo Grande Grand Daddy



1st Place at 407 pounds, Brenda Cavanaugh

2nd Place at 110 pounds, Tim Brown

3rd Place at 100 pounds, Kelsey Hurst (Kelsey is only 12 years old!)



Largest Zucchini



1st Place at over 8 pounds, Tess Dadick

2nd Place at 6 pounds, Leona Wall

3rd Place had a 4 way tie!



Guess the Weight of the Pumpkin



For the 2nd year in a row the winner of the Closet Guess Contest went to Matt Travis. He was only off by 2 and half pounds! Amazing.





Most Beautiful Pumpkin

Award went to Kelsey Hurst

Ice Cream Olympics

Ice Cream Scoop Shot Put

1st - Dylan
2nd - Jared
3rd - Timothy

Waffle Discus

1st - Jonah
2nd - Kyle
3rd - Ally

Scoop Toss & Catch

1st - Charles
2nd - Kayla
3rd - name unknown (refused to state -  they must have been wanted by the Harvest Festival Sheriff)

Scoops Jenga

1st - Stephanie
2nd - Darleen
3rd - Theresa

Ice Cream Eating Contest

1st - Jared
2nd - Jonathon
3rd - Riley

Doc Burnstein's Ice Cream Lab held the First Harvest Festival Ice Cream Olympics this year. The event attracted some of the finest food throwing and ice cream eating contestants of Arroyo Grande, competing in five chilling events.

Contestants battled for bragging rights in the Ice Cream Scoop Shot Put, the Waffle Discus, the Scoop Toss & Catch, and the Scoops Jenga, in addition to a traditional ice cream eating contest (no spoons of course). Brain freeze injuries were narrowly avoided, and fun was had by both contestants and spectators. Participants were randomly chosen from a raffle drawing that raised $66 for the Harvest Festival Committee. Last names have been omitted to protect the innocent!

Costume Contest

Most Likely Seen in Village

Glenda & Wayne Barr of Nipomo
Gus & Rossi Berger of Arroyo Grande
Larry Morales & family of Arroyo Grande

Children

Amy Dawn Ross
Helena Bolle

Western

Barbara Main of Arroyo Grande
Vivian Krug of Arroyo Grande

Vintage

Sherrin Copeland of Arroyo Grande
Will Reichardt of Arroyo Grande
Mary Morgan of Grover Beach
Howard & Aileen Mankins of Arroyo Grande
Anne McCracken of Arroyo Grande
Donald Ancell of Oxnard

Spelling Bee

3rd/4th grade 1st Sean Porter Ocean View Elementary
2nd Cameron Storton Harloe Elementary

5th/6th grade 1st Rory Weber
2nd Quinton (no last name) St. Patrick's

7th/8th grade 1st Tanner Jennings Judkins Middle School
2nd Payton Small Paulding Middle School

Salsa Contest

1st La Tapatia of Oceano

2nd Maya Mexican Food

Festival Photos and Highlights
Click on thumbnails to enlarge images

Photographs © by:   Theresa-Marie Wilson (The Coast News), Vivian Krug,  Pat Fairbanks,  Ross Kongable, Gus Berger

Costume Contest Winners
sponsored by the
South County Historical Society

Baking, Pie and Canning Contest

CANNING COMPETITION



1st Place Pear Applesauce Jam by Cleo Silva of Arroyo Grande



2nd Place Strawberry and Rhubarb Jam by Cleo Silva of Arroyo Grande



3rd Place Apricot Jam by Lorna Erickson of Arroyo Grande




PIE EXHIBITION



1st Place Nana's Scottish Apple Pie by Bridget Johnson of Arroyo Grande



2nd Place Apple Pie by Madeline Poulin of Arroyo Grande



3rd Place Pennsylvania State Grande Apple Pie by Marci Imes of Arroyo Grande





BREADS:



HARVEST GONE WILD



1st Place Pumpkin Pecan Bars by Gina Phillips of Arroyo Grande



2nd Place Apple Bread by Dian Robinson of San Luis Obispo



3rd Place Southern Pumpkin Pecan Bread by Sandi Ferrio of Arroyo Grande

PUMPKIN TRADITIONAL



1st Place Candied Pecan Pumpkin Cranberry Spice Bread by Teri Kelley Nixon of San Luis Obispo

ZUCCHINI TRADITIONAL



1ST PLACE Zucchini Bread By Gina Phillips of Arroyo Grande

PUMPKIN SPECIALITY



1st Place Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread by Emily Johnston, Sarah Johnston & Jackie King of Arroyo Grande

ZUCCHINI SPECIALITY



1st Place Zucchini Bread by Shelly Cochran of Arroyo Grande





BREAD SWEEPSTAKES WINNER


Gina Phillips of Arroyo Grande

Big Ditch Derby


1st Place

Ashley Premper, 11 years old, goes to Ocean View School

2nd Place

Michael Holzer, 7 years old, goes to Ocean View School

3rd Place

Lindsey Johnson, 11 years old, goes to Shell Beach Elementary

Coloring Contest

Placed  -   Name   -    School   -    Grade



1st Olivia Victorino – Harloe, Kindergarten



1st Julia Rochin – Harloe, First Grade



2nd Evelyn McNneil – Grover Beach Elementary, 3rd Grade



2nd Ramon Gutierrez – Harloe, Kindergarten



3rd Madison Forrester – Harloe, 1st Grade



3rd Madeline Roese – Harloe, Kindergarten



1st Kaylee Adams – Ocean View, 4th Grade



1st Andrew Galassi – Ocean View, 2nd Grade



1st Javin Pinegar – Ocean View, 3rd Grade



2nd Sierra Petitelere – Ocean View, 1st Grade



2nd Gabriel Payne – Ocean View, 2nd Grade



2nd Sarah Sun – Ocean View, 4th Grade



3rd Cassie Travis – Ocean View, 4th Grade



3rd Jenna Souza – Ocean View, 2nd Grade

Diaper Derby

Crawling 4 – 12 months Girls

1st Place    Isabella Hernandez (12 months)
2nd Place    Lily Berry (11 months)
3rd Place    Ava Dakos (8 months)

Crawling 4 – 12 months Boys

1st Place    Tanner Ferguson (11 months)
2nd Place    Samuel Allard (11 months)
3rd Place    Ian Weber (8 months)

Toddling 8 – 14 months Girls

No participants raced in this race

Toddling 8 – 14 months Boys

1st Place    Jean-Luc Moustirats (14 months)

Toddling 15 – 19 months Girls

1st Place    Hailey Banks (19 months)
2nd Place    Callie DeSchryver (15 months)
3rd Place    Gina LaBrie (16 months)

Toddling 15 – 19 months Boys

1st Place    Caleb Willden (17 months)
2nd Place    Gregory SanDeigo (19 months)
3rd Place    Levi MacCready (16 months)

Toddling 20 –24 months Girls

1st Place    Alexis Acosta (22 months)

Toddling 20 –24 months Boys

1st Place    Jackson Flick (23 months)

Vegetable Decorating Contest

Under 6

1. Kimmy White
2. Joella Homes, 5 years
3. Nayah Holmes, 3 years

6 - 9

1. Unknown, (Leek Witch)
2. Hillary, 8 years
3. Hanna Brown, 8 years

10+

1. James Purkey, 12 years
2. Syleena May, 12 years
3. Charles, 10 years

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